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ACCOUNTANT. IMPRISONED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
A Chinese accountant of the Siting Cheong Tai arm of 94 Des Voeux Road West was sentenced by Mr. R. E, Lindsell yesterday to three months' hard labour for em- bezzlement of the sum of 3715.14 belonging to his employers,
Mr. C. A. S. Russ prosecuted, the defence being conducted by Mr. A; E. Hall.. -
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Originally two men were charged but Mr. Russ at the beginning of yesterday's hearing intimated that
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Among the defendants appearing From AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, before Mr. W. Schofield at the HAMBURG, BREMEN, and GENOA. Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon for bronches of the The Steamship, Traffic Regulation, wero two Europeans who were charged with Causing an obstruction at the Star having arrived from the above ports, Ferry wharf by leaving their motor consignees of cargo by her are not- cycles on the cast of the notice fed that all goods are being innded which appears at the end of the at their risk Into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous godowns of stand."
the China Provident Loan and Mr. C. H. Whitehead pleaded Mortgage Co., Ltd., whence and/or that he had left his cycle at the from the wharves delivery may be he had nothing to offer against the end of the row together with the obtained. sacond defendant, who was there-other machinés,
Gooda not cleared by the 18th Feb. |fore discharged. ·
In imposing a fine of 30 Mr. 1998, will be subject to rent. The master of the Shing Cheong Schofield remarked that he had Thi firm in the witness box stated perhaps left it too far to the out. All broken, chafed and damaged that the defondant was employed A similar fine was inflicted on packages, are to be left in the go- as an accountant and was receiv-Mr. H. D. Gansden for the same downs, where they will be examined
on the 11th February, 1928, at 10| ing $18 per month. Towards the
n.m. by Mossrs. Goddard and · Doug- end of the year he asked his Mr. Lam Wing-yan... who was las, Hongkong. accountant to make out a list of also charged under that regulation outstanding accounts and it was plended, that when he left his Claims against the steamer must be then discovered that a few sums machine at the ferry early in the presented in writing within ten days had been unpaid for a long period. morning, ho parked it in the proper after arrival of steamer, otherwise The master questioned the account-stand. It was possible, he said, they will not be recognized. ant and later obtained from him the that somebody had moved his eyele No Fire Insurance will be effected addresses of a number of people in order to get at their own and by the undersigned in any case what- | in Canton who owed money to the rad neglected to put it back.. shop. A foki was sent up to Cantant and he returned with the news that he had been unable to collect anything.
The master continuing his evi- dence stated that a few days be fore, the Chinese New Year he taxed the defendant about these accounts and it was then that the
defendant told witness that ho had spent some of the money paid into the firm, apologising." for baving done so,
offence,
His Wordship: I have heard of that before.
Acting Sub-Inspector Smith: 11 is done. I saw It myself only on Saturday.
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His Worship: I do not think I can convict on that.
ever.
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An attempted highway robbery proaccution. He said that the de- Street. fendant did admit to his master in
was reported to the Tafpo Police The complainant said that the yesterday afternoon when a bandit that interview before the Chinese
defendant drove into New Year, that he had spent some Square.
Public endeavoured to attack a lone Chi- Street from Shanghainese woman on the main road be of the firm's money;"
Street at a speed of about 20 miles tween Taipo and Sheungahul but per hour. The sergeant who was failed in his attempt following the in Public Square Street had to stubborn resistence of the woman." swerve suddenly to nvold a colll- slon. The skid mark made by the the Taipo main road carrying two The woman was walking along wheels of defendant's Jorry baskets of cakes when she was sud- measured 18 feet.
denly and brutally assailed by the ruman who struck her 4 blow which sent her to the ground, and then endeavoured to steal a pair
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Letter to Uncle.
In the witness box the defendant denied all that his master had said about his having spent the firm's money. He said that the money, nad not been paid to the firm at all.
The defendant said that he was not driving very fast. He saw the The Magistrate took the defen-sergeant and pulled up. dant item by item over somo of
In reply to his Worship Sergeant of gold ear-rings from her. "The the aums which were alleged to Bayating anid that the defendant plucky woman put up a struggle have been embezzled. Defendant pulled up with the front of the and shouted, for assistance. Fall- failed to give satisfactory expla-forry half way across Publicing to get the ear-rings the bandit nations In one instance, he ex-Square Street.
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plained that a certain entry was His Worship: How did he where he probably thought that due to a mistake in copying, and in another moment, speaking of manage to stop in that short dia- there was a less chance of meeting pedestrians, but the woman kopt the same entry, defendant anid
With the aid of a diagram, Ser-on shouting and finally the bandit that the entry did not tally with the shop's account because a cergeant Baysting explained what bolted, leaving behind him a dag- tain deduction had been made for curred. His Worship then re-ger with which he had threatened goods lost in transit. The Magis-marked that the defendant could the woman. a.m. trate remarked that the defendant not have been travelling at a very excessive speed if he managed to stop in such a short distance:
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could not have it both ways,
Mr. Russ also produced a letter written by the defendant to his uncle in which the defendant wrote that he owed the firm $700, Asked to explain why he came to write such a letter, defendant.ex- plained that he was trying to raiso a loan of ten dollars from his relative.
Worship anid that he was not In dismissing the summons, his satisfied that the defendant was going too fast.
was no evidence to show that the money alleged to have been em- bezzled was ever paid into the shop.
Mr. Hall at the conclusion of the evidence pointed out that it was up to his Worship to accept, the
His Worship registered a con- mastor's story or the defendant's viction and passed sentence as story, but pointed out that there stated above.
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